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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who looks after babies (usually in the person's own home) while the babys' parents are working
Synonyms:
baby minder; babyminder; minder
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("minder" is a kind of...):
keeper (someone in charge of other people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone (usually in totalitarian countries) who is assigned to watch over foreign visitors
Example:
I turned around and there, a few hundred feet away, was our government minder, Li Wong Su, huffing and puffing toward us
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("minder" is a kind of...):
escort (an attendant who is employed to accompany someone)